Principal / Vice Principal’s Message

This is our final week of school before Spring Break! Please be reminded that Tuesday is our early dismissal day for parent / teacher meetings or student led conferences. There will also be an important information meeting about “Gangs” in the gym on Tuesday, and all parents & guardians are encouraged to attend. We wish all of our families a wonderful break and look forward to reconnecting when classes are back in session on Tuesday, April 3.

Parent Workshop @ Georges Vanier – Tuesday 2:00 – 4:00

Gangs, the Drug Trade and Social Media

“Shattering the Image is a joint project between the Surrey School District, the Surrey RCMP and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia. Topics covered include a detailed explanation of the workings of the street level drug trade, how gangs recruit and the presence of gangs on social media. This presentation has proven to be a useful tool in educating young people on the most current trends seen on the streets in regards to the drug trade in Surrey. ”

Lost & Found

Please be sure to check out the many items that are on display in our main hallway until Friday afternoon. After this time, all unclaimed items will be donated to our clothing exchange or local charity.

Clothing Exchange

Please feel welcome to drop by storage room # 1 in the gym on Tuesday afternoon between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Please enter through the outside gym doors on the north side of the school.

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Learning Commons

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Principal / Vice Principal’s Message

When students have a Non-Instructional day, teachers and staff are working and learning together. On Friday GV staff learned more about Digital Tools, Robotics and Creative Technologies.

Georges Vanier Vision Statement

Over the past year and a half GV staff and community members have worked collaboratively to develop the following Vision Statement for our school. This statement describes what we envision our school to be. We hope that these words resonate with our school community and help guide and shape our future. Your feedback is always welcome!

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An expression of thanks from Ms. Jary.

Learning Commons

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Principal / Vice Principal’s Message

Last week we participated in 5 days of sharing Indigenous knowledge and traditions through whole school gatherings, a staff luncheon, Bannock & Books, and rich classroom workshops. A very special thanks to our Cultural Facilitators; Mavis Pierre, Richard Pierre and Alana Anderson who helped move our learning forward.

Happy Family Day!

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Learning Commons

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Moving Forward Together: A Sharing of Indigenous Knowledge and Traditions

Georges Vanier is hosting a First Peoples in Residence program (Feb 5-9th)

This week long event is intended to bring together students and staff with Indigenous people who are living their culture, providing both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students an opportunity to experience Indigenous worldviews and perspectives, and learn about practices specific to a particular First Nation, Inuit or Métis tradition.

We will begin the week with a school-wide assembly Monday morning to welcome the facilitators as guests to the school. Parents are welcome to attend this assembly at 9am on Monday, Feb. 5th. Monday will also include a welcome lunch for staff to meet with the cultural workers. On Monday and the rest of the week, the cultural workers will present to classes on a wide range of topics (traditional storytelling, art, music, dance, history, governance, etc…). The week will conclude Friday morning @10:30 with another school assembly where a few students will share their learning. Parents are welcome to attend this assembly also.

An invitation to participate!! Are you a parent or grandparent of a child at Georges Vanier who is First Nations, Inuit or Metis? If so, we’d like to invite you to share a song, dance, or story at one of the assemblies during the First Peoples in Residence week. Please contact Mr. Dekerf or Ms. Perry if you’d like to share in some small way.

The Green Team

Georges Vanier Elementary

Grade 3

Grade 4

In Science students in Divisions 11 have been learning about “upcycling” which is one solution to deal with the plastic pollution problem. We read a true story called “One Plastic Bag” by Miranda Paul. It was about a woman in Gambia, Africa who started a upcycling project using plastic bags and transformed her community. Students have been learning the benefits and risks of using plastic in class. We watched videos of how other people were solving the plastic pollution problem in our community and around the world. Students were given criteria and were challenged to design and create their own upcycled plastic product that can be reused more than once. Students also watched a video about how a college student, Rob Godshaw recycled e-waste (electronic waste) and made it into art that can be used again. Students presented their projects to the class and did a write up where they had to describe their upcycled project and write how it would help the environment be more “Green.” Another group of students in my class wrote their own skit and acted it out at the school assembly to show students and build awareness about what “up cycling is and what everyone can do to help make a change.

Principal / Vice Principal’s Message

An invitation to participate!! Are you a parent or grandparent of a child at Georges Vanier who is First Nations, Inuit or Metis? If so, we’d like to invite you to share a song, dance, or story at one of the assemblies during the First Peoples in Residence week. Please contact Mr. Dekerf or Ms. Perry if you’d like to share in some small way.

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Learning Commons

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Principal / Vice Principal’s Message

Please continue to bring your toonies to school to help pay for our Dance In School program which finished up on Friday with another awesome performance. Thanks to all of the families who were able to come out and watch our students shine!

Moving Forward Together: A Sharing of Indigenous Knowledge and Traditions

Georges Vanier is hosting a First Peoples in Residence program (Feb 5-9th)

This week long event is intended to bring together students and staff with Indigenous people who are living their culture, providing both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students an opportunity to experience Indigenous worldviews and perspectives, and learn about practices specific to a particular First Nation, Inuit or Métis tradition.

We will begin the week with a school-wide assembly Monday morning to welcome the facilitators as guests to the school. Parents are welcome to attend this assembly at 9am on Monday, Feb. 5th. Monday will also include a welcome lunch for staff to meet with the cultural workers. On Monday and the rest of the week, the cultural workers will present to classes on a wide range of topics (traditional storytelling, art, music, dance, history, governance, etc…). The week will conclude Friday morning @10:30 with another school assembly where a few students will share their learning. Parents are welcome to attend this assembly also.

An invitation to participate!! Are you a parent or grandparent of a child at Georges Vanier who is First Nations, Inuit or Metis? If so, we’d like to invite you to share a song, dance, or story at one of the assemblies during the First Peoples in Residence week. Please contact Mr. Dekerf or Ms. Perry if you’d like to share in some small way.

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Learning Commons

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Principal / Vice Principal’s Message

Happy New Year 2018 to all of our students, families and community members. We’ve kicked off the new year with 2 weeks of our favourite Dance In School program! It’s incredible what students are able to achieve during 5 dance classes. Thanks to our PAC for their generous financial contributions and to all students who are able to bring a toonie to help pay the remainder of our dance lesson costs.

We’ll be open for Kindergarten Registration each day from 9:00 – 3:00 p.m. beginning this Monday, January 15th. Please see our office staff with your required documents.

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Learning Commons

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Principal / Vice Principal’s Message

The staff at Georges Vanier want to extend best wishes, safe holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our students, families and community members.

Thanks to Horizon Church – Adopt a School Program

Thank you to our friends at Horizon who support our school community in many ways throughout the year. Last week we appreciated Horizon volunteers helping with our extended recess, sing-along, sharing food hampers with 22 or our families, and providing each student in our school with a special Christmas gift.

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Learning Commons

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